Re: oversteer vs. understeer

["Stephen Bigelow" <sbigelow@sprint.ca>]

>At 05:47 PM 3/15/99 -0800, Trisha Blethen wrote:
>>After reading that long, complicated disertation on the digest, I
>>decided to pass this simple one that I learned in racing school.
>>Understeer -- car won't turn in......scares the sh*t out of the driver.
>>Oversteer -- car turns in too much ....scares the sh*t out of the
>>passenger.
>>Enough said.....simple, to the point, and understood by even my Mom!
>
>as the seated occupant of a motor vehicle, i can't understand why a
>potential headfirst impact would be preferable to backing into the
>obstruction...
>
>frank


Well, if the driver has reacted, and is steering into the turn, the car will
sorta be held sideways...the passenger will STILL be head-on, but
sideways...er...I mean, sideways, but straight.....oh you know what I mean.
And in understeer, he might not even know there is a problem...except that
the driver is franticly pawing at the wheel...